The Networked Society City Index analyzes ICT-driven benefit creation in 31 of the world’s largest cities. Irrespective of a city’s stage of development their ICT maturity correlates closely to their triple bottom line performance. Read the full Networked Society City Index report: www.ericsson.com/jm/city-life

1. Sustainable urban
development
Networked Society
City index
The Networked Society City Index analyzes ICT-driven
benefit creation in 31 of the world’s largest cities.
Irrespective of a city’s stage of development their ICT
maturity correlates closely to their triple bottom line
performance.
Social
Los Angeles
New York
Beijing
Buenos Aires
Istanbul
Johannesburg
Mexico City
CHANGE LEADERs
Cairo
Dhaka
Delhi
Mumbai
Karachi
Cities with mature economies need to take action to remain
competitive and stay connected with future generations of
technology.
Mostly good performers in terms of triple
bottom line
BUT some cities underperforming with low
GDP per capita, high infant mortality, low
education attainment
ICT infrastructure lagging behind
Cities in transition towards a networked and developed
society need to ensure continued, positive development
through improved ICT maturity.
Developing economy (generally)
Lower usage of ICT technology
Lower usage of ICT solutions
Low environmental impact because of low
energy consumption (will change as city
matures)
ACTION
The transformative
effect of ICT needs to
be understood and
incorporated into policy
and regulatory frameworks.
Combined policy
initiatives to improve
socio-economic standards and enhanced
ICT maturity could
help these cities deal
with the challenges
that today’s mature
and highly developed
economies face.
PROFILE
Shanghai
Tokyo
Highly-developed cities
Mature economies
Strong performers but
• Some can still boost ICT maturity
• Some can improve TBL
Cities in transition
ACTION
Singapore
London
ICT Maturity
The triple bottom line
PROFILE
PROFILE
Stockholm
Hong Kong
ACTION
Copenhagen
Usage
Infrastructure
Economics
Read the full Networked Society City Index report:
www.ericsson.com/city-life
High performers
Affordability
Enviromental
Cities need to invest in
their citizens’ ability to
adopt new technology,
and implement policy
initiatives and development programs to
improve inclusion and
increase literacy rates.
In the early stages of ICT maturity cities can improve performance by focusing on socio-economic development and
increasing citizen’s ability to use new technology.